"along with ""In My Arms Again"", a country song he wrote and recorded for Warner Brothers, which had signed Shannon in 1984. Suffering from depression, for which he was taking Prozac, Shannon committed suicide on February 8, 1990, killing himself with a .22-caliber rifle at his home in Santa Clarita, California. He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered. Following his death, the Traveling Wilburys honored him by recording a version of ""Runaway"". Jeff Lynne also co-produced Shannon's posthumous album, ""Rock On"", released by Silvertone Records in 1991. Shannon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in"
"Shannon Hoon Richard Shannon Hoon (September 26, 1967 – October 21, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of the band Blind Melon from 1990 until his death in 1995. Hoon was born in Lafayette, Indiana and raised in nearby Dayton, Indiana with his half-sister, Anna, and half-brother, Tim. He reportedly began using his middle name, Shannon, to avoid confusion with his father, who was also named Richard. In high school, he played football, wrestled, and was a pole vaulter. Shannon's musical influences included the Grateful Dead, The Beatles, John Lennon, and Bob Dylan. After"
"September 15, 2018, photos of Hoon's final performance with Blind Melon at the Numbers club in Houston on October 20, 1995, the day before he died, were released for the first time by fan Zak Joshua Rose, who took the pictures and claimed that he hung out with the band members except Hoon (who had disappeared) after the show. Shannon Hoon Richard Shannon Hoon (September 26, 1967 – October 21, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of the band Blind Melon from 1990 until his death in 1995. Hoon was born in Lafayette, Indiana"
"have subsequently been reissued on Northern soul compilation records. McLaughlin lived in Detroit from about 1970. He died at Sinai Hospital in 1984, aged 58. McLaughlin was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2018. Ollie McLaughlin Ollie Anderson McLaughlin (March 24, 1925 – February 19, 1984) was an American record producer and record label owner. He discovered Del Shannon, and also organized or produced recordings by Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Dorothy Ashby, Barbara Lewis, and the Capitols, among many others. He was born in Carthage, Mississippi, but moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, as a"
"Ollie McLaughlin Ollie Anderson McLaughlin (March 24, 1925 – February 19, 1984) was an American record producer and record label owner. He discovered Del Shannon, and also organized or produced recordings by Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Dorothy Ashby, Barbara Lewis, and the Capitols, among many others. He was born in Carthage, Mississippi, but moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, as a child. After graduating and serving in the US Army during World War II, he studied at Columbia College in Chicago before returning to Ann Arbor in the late 1940s to work as a DJ on radio station WHRV. He also"
"to Alzheimer's disease, Shannon died at the age of 85, on February 24, 2001. To commemorate Shannon's achievements, there were celebrations of his work in 2001. There are currently six statues of Shannon sculpted by Eugene Daub: one at the University of Michigan; one at MIT in the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems; one in Gaylord, Michigan; one at the University of California, San Diego; one at Bell Labs; and another at AT&T Shannon Labs. After the breakup of the Bell System, the part of Bell Labs that remained with AT&T Corporation was named Shannon Labs in his honor."
"Preston Shannon Preston Shannon (October 23, 1947 – January 22, 2018) was an American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. AllMusic noted that ""Shannon's speciality is a blend of Southern-fried soul and blues, and his albums and live shows – always with a horn section – are an eclectic mix of danceable, grooving tunes and slow, soulful ballads"". Among the songs he wrote are ""Beale Street Boogaloo"" and ""Midnight in Memphis"". He was born in Olive Branch, Mississippi, and relocated with his family to nearby Memphis, Tennessee at the age of eight. Despite initial misgiving from his"
"Memphis"" (1996) and ""All in Time"" (1999). However, with no immediate follow-up available, Preston lost momentum. After moving to Title Tunes, he released ""Be with Me Tonight"" (2006). Shannon played at Memphis in May in both 2008 and 2011. In February 2012, Shannon appeared on season two of ""The Voice"", singing ""In the Midnight Hour"". He was a regular performer at B.B. King's Blues Club in Memphis. Shannon's most recent album release was ""Dust My Broom"" (2014). Preston died of cancer on January 22, 2018 in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 70. Preston Shannon Preston Shannon (October 23, 1947"
"His marriage to Gina lasted until his death, and she accompanied him on all of his touring duties. Wilson had an Irish Setter named Shannon, whose death inspired the emotional 1975 hit song ""Shannon"" by Henry Gross. US singles UK singles Carl Wilson Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best remembered as their lead guitarist, as the youngest brother of bandmates Brian and Dennis Wilson, and as the group's de facto leader in the early 1970s. He was also the band's musical"
"Runaway (Del Shannon song) ""Runaway"" is a number-one ""Billboard"" Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is No. 472 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, compiled in 2010. Singer-guitarist Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook performed together as members of ""Charlie Johnson and the Big Little Show Band"" in Battle Creek, Michigan, before their group won a recording contract in 1960. Westover took the new stage name ""Del Shannon"", and Crook, who had invented"
"but she is briefly addressed in the second person in the lyric ""wishin' you were here by me"". Runaway (Del Shannon song) ""Runaway"" is a number-one ""Billboard"" Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is No. 472 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, compiled in 2010. Singer-guitarist Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook performed together as members of ""Charlie Johnson and the Big Little Show Band"" in Battle Creek, Michigan, before their group won"
"Murder of John Lennon John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, for his subsequent solo career, and for his political activism and pacifism. On the evening of Monday, 8 December 1980, Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York City. Lennon had just returned from Record Plant Studio with his wife, Yoko Ono. After sustaining four major gunshot wounds, Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital. Shortly after local news stations reported Lennon's death, crowds gathered at"
"originally aired, has been rebroadcast in recent years as part of Premiere Radio Networks' ""American Top 40: The '80s"" series. Shannon (song) ""Shannon"" is a 1976 song by Henry Gross. It became an international hit, reaching number six on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number five on the ""Cash Box"" Top 100. Although it was a much smaller hit in the UK and Australia, the song reached number one in Canada and New Zealand. ""Shannon"" was written about the death of Beach Boys member Carl Wilson's Irish Setter of the same name. While touring with the Beach Boys in"
"composer Del Shannon's death - although it only gradually accrued support to reach the C&W Top 40 that May. Southern Pacific member Keith Knudsen would allege resistance to the band's version of ""I Go to Pieces"" from C&W radio: ""ten or so big [C&W] stations...wouldn't even test it. We heard [program directors say] things like - 'Well, there's no music on it'...Or - 'Well, I liked it, but that's an old Pop song [so] we can't use it.' Meanwhile, on the stations that did play it, it was the most requested record that we ever had."" Guys Next Door performed"
"Del Shannon was also on the bill that night. After the concert, he told John Lennon that he was going to record ""From Me to You"" to give the group some exposure in America. At first, Lennon was flattered, but he quickly changed his mind, realising that a cover version by Shannon might hurt the Beatles' chances of having a hit in the States. As it turned out, Lennon was temporarily right, but neither artist's version was a big hit in America. In early June, Bigtop Records released Shannon's version of ""From Me to You"" as the follow-up to ""Two"
"numerous non-profit organizations including the General Mills Foundation. Shannon remained a practicing Catholic and regularly attended the parish church of the Holy Name of Jesus in Medina. In 1988 he retired. Shannon died at the Wayzata hospital on August 28, 2003, where he was hospitalized for a cerebral hemorrhage. The funeral was held on September 5 in the parish church of the Holy Name of Jesus in Medina and concelebrated by sixty priests. Speaking of Shannon at the St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper, Monsignor Richard Edmund Pates, auxiliary bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, said that ""He was no longer"
"and ""Over You."" All four songs were written by Shannon himself. ""Keep Searchin'"" spent 14 weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9, while reaching No. 3 on the UK's ""Record Retailer"" chart, No. 6 on the Irish Singles Chart, No. 6 on Norway's VG-lista, No. 14 on Canada's ""RPM"" ""Top 40 & 5"", and No. 17 in Germany. Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun) ""Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)"" is a song written by the American rock-and-roll musician Del Shannon. It was written, recorded, and released in 1964. The song is in the key of"
"Paul Shannon Paul Vincent Shannon (November 11, 1909 – July 25, 1990) was a veteran Pittsburgh radio announcer in the days before commercial television. He worked for years at KDKA radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and hosted his own show as the ""Dream Weaver"", reading romantic poetry to electric organ accompaniment in the style of Peter Grant on the famous Cincinnati radio program Moon River over WLW. He also hosted the syndicated science-focused program ""Adventures in Research"" with Thomas Phillips. After moving to WTAE-TV, he became a Pittsburgh legend, particularly to the baby boom generation, as host of the popular children's"
"Del Tenney Delbert ""Del"" Tenney (July 27, 1930 – February 21, 2013) was an American actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. Starting out as an actor he appeared in some Off-Broadway plays and also performed in the Broadway premiere of Terence Rattigan's play ""Ross"". He then established a legacy in film with several low-budget horror/exploitation films in the 1960s, including ""The Horror of Party Beach"" (1964). Based in Connecticut, Tenney's other films include ""Psychomania"" (a.k.a. ""Violent Midnight""), ""The Curse of the Living Corpse"", and ""I Eat Your Skin"". Tenney died on February 21, 2013 at his home in Jupiter,"
"Mem Shannon Mem Shannon (born December 21, 1959 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) is an American blues musician. He is currently signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music. Shannon is a former taxi-cab driver turned bluesman. Shannon played both clarinet and guitar by the age of fifteen, due to being inspired by his father's collection of blues records. However, he started seriously practicing only after seeing B.B. King. After playing in local bands for several years and enjoying local success, his father died in 1981 and he took a job driving a cab in order to help his family pay bills."
"Henry Gross Henry Gross (born April 1, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his association with the group Sha Na Na and for his hit song, ""Shannon"". He was the youngest person, at age 18, to play on the main stage at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in 1969. Gross was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. His mother's love for music encouraged his pursuit of a performing career. By age 14, he was playing regularly in local clubs in the New York area, and spending his summers playing at Catskill Mountains resort hotels. At"
"battle with lung cancer, at age 69. Willie Denson Willie Denson (23 November 1936 in Columbus, Georgia – 1 July 2006) was an American songwriter, most notably for the Shirelles, and a singer under the name Denny Denson. He wrote or co-wrote with Luther Dixon five songs for the Shirelles, including ""Mama Said,"" a number 5 hit, ""Stop the Music,"" ""The Things I Want to Hear (Pretty Words),"" ""Love Is a Swingin' Thing,"" and ""Blue Holiday."" His own singles as Denny Denson including ""Too Long"" / ""Bills"" (1962). In 2001, Denson won $3 million in the Georgia lottery. He died"
"Billboard ""Easy Listening"" survey. The Swiss Maid ""The Swiss Maid"" was a 1962 hit song for Del Shannon. The single only made #64 on the US ""Billboard"" charts, whereas on the UK charts it fared much better and made #2. It spent 3 weeks at the top of the Australian charts. The song was written by country singer/songwriter Roger Miller, who recorded it in 1961 under the title ""Fair Swiss Maiden"". Del Shannon's recording featured a distinctive yodel by the artist, popularly used in some country music of the time. It was the only record of Del Shannon's early career"
"and spoke at length about the need for recognition for the fund. Their discussion continued on the flight from Shannon to New York; it was the beginning of the actor's long association with UNICEF. ""For all of his success as a performer . . . his greatest legacy remains his tireless humanitarian work—so close were his ties to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) that when the organization received the Nobel Peace Prize, Kaye was tapped to accept it,"" according to music critic Jason Ankeny. Kaye died of heart failure on March 3, 1987, aged 76, brought on"
"D. Boon Dennes Dale ""D."" Boon (April 1, 1958 – December 22, 1985) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Boon was best known as the guitarist and vocalist of the American punk rock trio Minutemen. In 1985 he was killed in a traffic crash at the age of 27. Dennes Boon was born in San Pedro, California, on April 1, 1958. His father, a navy veteran, worked installing radios in Buick cars, and the Boons lived in former World War II barracks that had been converted into public housing. As a teenager, Boon began painting and signed his works"
"Albert Hall. The show featured musicians Ravi Shankar, Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, and Paul McCartney among others. Harrison's son Dhani performed, playing the guitar. Jim Keltner, a session drummer who had played with Harrison in the Traveling Wilburys, also appeared. Ringo Starr wrote and recorded a tribute song to Harrison titled ""Never Without You"", released on ""Ringo Rama"" in 2003. Tributes to the Beatles The Beatles were originally a quartet, but only two of the members remain. John Lennon was murdered in December 1980, and George Harrison succumbed to lung cancer in 2001. There have been"
"and assisted in their recordings of their album Rivertown, on R.G.F Records. The Jackson half of the act was Paul Jackson, one-time vocalist with original Def Leppard guitarist Pete Willis' band Roadhouse. Delaney's death impacted the band who had to start from scratch in their search for a recording deal. The band split shortly after Delaney's death. A while after Sean's untimely death, Bill Aucoin flew Paul Jackson to Nashville to meet and work with multi hit songwriter KOSTAS. They remain good friends and songwriting partners to this day. Delaney died on April 13, 2003. A diabetic, Delaney had suffered"
"as ""personal, pure and simple rock 'n' roll, dated but gratifyingly undiluted."" Shannon sang some of his new rock songs along with classics like ""Endless Sleep"" and ""The Big Hurt"". The ""Los Angeles Times"" wrote, ""Shannon's haunting vignettes of heartbreak and restlessness contain something of a cosmic undercurrent which has the protagonist tragically doomed to a bleak, shadowy struggle."" Shannon's career slowed greatly in the 1970s, owing in part to his alcoholism. The Welsh rock singer Dave Edmunds produced the single ""And the Music Plays On"" in 1974. In 1978 Shannon stopped drinking and began work on ""Sea of Love"","
"Max Crook Maxfield Doyle Crook (born November 2, 1936) is an American musician, a pioneer of electronic music in pop. He was the featured soloist on Del Shannon's 1961 hit ""Runaway"", which he co-wrote and on which he played his own invention, the Musitron. He also recorded as Maximilian. Crook was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Clarence and Helen Crook. The family moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, when Crook was a child. His grandfather, Doyle Mullikin, had musical talent as a United Brethren Minister. Helen Crook was classically trained as a pianist in her early schooling and graduated from college"
"list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time: David Fricke's Picks. In his review of the band's last album, music Critic Robert Christgau described the death of Boon as: ""a rock death that has for wasted potential Lennon and Hendrix for company,"" finishing with: ""After seven fairly amazing years he was just getting started. Shit, shit, shit."" D. Boon Dennes Dale ""D."" Boon (April 1, 1958 – December 22, 1985) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Boon was best known as the guitarist and vocalist of the American punk rock trio Minutemen. In 1985 he was killed in"
"stereo. The song was ranked No. 68 on ""Billboard""s end of year ""Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year"" and No. 35 on ""Cash Box""s ""Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961"". Hats Off to Larry ""Hats Off to Larry"" is a song written and sung by Del Shannon, which he released as a single in 1961. The song spent 13 weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 5, while reaching No. 1 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, No. 2 on New Zealand's ""Lever Hit Parade"", No. 2 in Australia, No. 6 on the UK's"
"Lennon–McCartney Lennon–McCartney (sometimes McCartney–Lennon) was the songwriting partnership between English musicians John Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) and Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) of the Beatles. It is one of the best known and most successful musical collaborations in history, with the Beatles selling over 600 million records, tapes and CDs as of 2004. Between 5 October 1962 and 8 May 1970, the partnership published approximately 180 jointly credited songs, of which the vast majority were recorded by the Beatles, forming the bulk of their catalogue. Unlike many songwriting partnerships that comprise separate lyricist and composer, both Lennon"
"""Hey! Little Girl"" reached No. 38 in the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, but was a much bigger hit in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 2. Hey! Little Girl ""Hey! Little Girl"" is a song by the American musician Del Shannon. It was recorded in October 1961 and was released later that year. In the lyrics, the narrator professes his love to a girl that he only barely knows. The girl has recently been dumped by her boyfriend, but the narrator proposes to begin a relationship with her and thus make her feel better. As such, the song"